generated record crowds for women’s soccer matches in Australia and New Zealand.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n“We are both obviously rapt with how the tournament has gone,” Pragnell said. “FIFA are over the moon and couldn’t be happier also. We\u2019ve shown what we always knew – that we would host the best ever Women\u2019s World Cup. It’s only natural that at some time in the future we would host a men’s World Cup. It\u2019s likely to be some sort of Asia-Pacific partnership, and I would see Australia and NZ as a foundation of that, for sure.”<\/p>\n
Football Australia boss James Johnson has repeatedly said Australia would like to host the men’s World Cup but will need stadiums that meet FIFA requirements.<\/p>\n
The requirements for the host stadiums are to have minimum seating of 40,000 for group stage matches, 60,000 for semi-finals and 80,000 for the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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